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Having the toes firmly united together for some distance, and without an intermediate web, as the kingfishers; gressorial.

nion of securities given at different times, all of which must be redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can interpose his claim. Bouvier.

Of or pertaining to covering; -- applied to a membrane immediately over the organ of Corti in the internal ear.

abl. of caput head, chief.], or Tenant in chief, by the laws of England, one who holds immediately of the king. According to the feudal system, all lands in England are considered as held immediately or mediately of the king, who is styled lord paramount. Such tenants, however, are considered as having the fee of the…

re two orders, the king's thanes, who attended the kings in their courts and held lands immediately of them, and the ordinary thanes, who were lords of manors and who had particular jurisdiction within their limits. After the Conquest, this title was disused, and baron took its place.

Soon afterward, or immediately; next; afterward. First be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. Matt. v. 24.

Government of a state by the immediate direction or administration of God; hence, the exercise of political authority by priests as representing the Deity.

Of or pertaining to a theocracy; administred by the immediate direction of God; as, the theocratical state of the Israelites.

Immediately; at once; without delay.

A beautiful fluorescent crystalline substance, intermediate in composition between thionol and thionine.

entence or clause following; until. And said unto them, Occupy till I come. Luke xix. 13. Mediate so long till you make some act of prayer to God. Jer. Taylor. There was no outbreak till the regiment arrived. Macaulay.

Esat Indian birds belonging to Suthora and allied genera. In some respects they are intermediate between the thrushes and titmice.

casual manner; -- often with on or upon. If the antiquaries have touched upon it, they immediately quitted it. Addison.

ne of several species of Old World crows belonging to Crypsirhina and allied genera, intermediate between the true crows and the jays. The tail is long, and the bill is curved and without a tooth. -- Tree dove (Zoöl.) any one of several species of East Indian and Asiatic doves belonging to Macropygia and allied genera…

ndividuals of the same species of three distinct forms, not connected, as a rule, by intermediate gradations; the condition among individuals of the same species of having three different shapes or proportions of corresponding parts; -- contrasted with polymorphism, and dimorphism. Heterogonous trimporphism (Bot.), tha…

her large cone then arose, usually from the cingulum. In more complex forms, smaller intermediate cusps appeared.

, delivery of property or merchandise in reliance upon future payment; exchange without immediate receipt of an equivalent; as, to sell or buy goods on trust.

A grand division of the animal kingdom, intermediate, in some respects, between the invertebrates and vertebrates, and by some writers united with the latter. They were formerly classed with acephalous mollusks. The body is usually covered with a firm external tunic, consisting in part of cellulose, and having two open…

In the month immediately preceding the present; as, on the 1st ultimo; -- usually abbreviated to ult. Cf. Proximo.

To follow closely or immediately after. [Obs.] Wyclif.